在骯脏破败的下城区，阳光是一件奢侈的礼物。

杂乱林立的房屋遮蔽了大多数的光照，即使是白天也很难直接沐浴到太阳神的光辉。

好在还是有一束光透过了间隙，打进了夏洛克家的窗户。

夏洛克正坐在阳光下看书。

在书桌前还摆放有很多的书籍，这些书籍来自於下城区的“尤弥尔教堂”。在这个太阳神都不愿投下瞩目的阴影角落里，帝国和教会却没有忽视基层的力量。

宗教信仰和底层免费教育的普及是帝国基层基础盘稳固的重要因素。

因为常年在尤弥尔教堂当义工的缘故，夏洛克和尤弥尔教堂的教父与嬤嬤们关係很好，再加上夏洛克表现出的对知识的尊重，这让他得以从尤弥尔教堂借阅藏书，並从中汲取更多的知识。

在“读书上学”这一点上，神圣罗马帝国和中国有著某种特殊的相同性。对於喜好读书、热爱知识的孩子，社会总有著更多的宽容。

咚咚咚。

有人敲门。

夏洛克放下手里的教会史，走到门口。

敲门的是一位面容好似风乾岩石的中年人，穿著一身黑色的神普装，胸口佩戴著一枚白色倒十字架项炼，留有一头干练的黑色短髮，嘴角有刀疤伤痕，看上去稍显凶恶。

“早安，夏洛克。”

梅林神父说话的语气总让夏洛克想起前世一部名为《哈利波特》的作品里某个叫做斯內普的角色。

这位神父明明有一个优雅好听的名字，气质上却总给夏洛克一种下一秒他就会叼著雪茄从怀里掏出左轮的既视感。

“早安，梅林神父。”夏洛克微笑著回应，“您来找我是有什么事情吗？如果是找我归还书籍的话，您不用亲自上门来取的。”

“不，还书不急，我不是来找你还书的。”

“那您这是......哦，失礼了，快请先进来吧。”

梅林神父摇了摇头：“不必了，我是来找人的，只是刚好路过和你打个招呼，顺便和你说一下工作的事情。”

“工作？您是说我加入教会的申请回信到了嘛？”

梅林神父点点头，从自己隨身携带的一本书里取出夹在里面的一封信。

趁著夏洛克在看信，梅林神父说道：“首都的教堂都不需要新的传教士。如果你真的打算正式加入教会的话，恐怕得在维多利亚港和刚鐸城里选一个......我比较推荐你去维多利亚港，那里商贸繁荣，生活会更轻鬆一些。而且，我和当地维多利亚大教堂的主教是教会学院时期的同学，有我的推荐信，你可以得到照顾。”

听到梅林如此说，夏洛克摇摇头：“非常感谢您对我的关照，不过，正如谚语所说，『这个世界上每条路都会通往罗马』，我最近在首都上城区另外找到了一份体面的好工作。所以我恐怕得临时改变一下计划，不再坚持加入教会......很遗憾以后恐怕没机会和您共事了。”

闻言，梅林神父扯出一个淡笑。

这个面瘫的男人並不擅长通过面部表情表达自己的情绪，但是夏洛克能看出，梅林神父是真诚地在为自己高兴：

“这是好事，需要遗憾的是教会，毕竟我们失去了一位日后可能会成长为优秀的红衣主教的年轻人才。”

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“哈哈，您这称讚叫我有点脸红啊。”

夏洛克收起信件。

“您来脏水沟街找谁？需要我帮您吗？”

“我找莫妮卡。”梅林神父没有拒绝夏洛克的帮助，“免费学校那边说，她已经三天没去上学了。”

闻言夏洛克皱了皱眉。

“莫妮卡？”

莫妮卡是居住在脏水沟街的霍夫一家的独女，她母亲是纺织业工厂的女工，父亲早早离世，是霍夫太太独自拉扯她长大。

莫妮卡在律法学上很有天赋，霍夫太太经常吹嘘自己的女儿肯定能考上罗马皇家大学法学院，以后只要能嫁给上城区的律师同学，她也就能跟著住上上城区的大房子了。

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